DATA INFORMATION
12 GUIDE TO BUY TO LET
External
influences
T
he success of the buy to let
sector in the UK has been to a
large extent underpinned and
determined by the demand
for decent private rented accommodation.
That has been created by a number of
external factors.
Economic and other migrants coming
into the UK tend to rent for a number of
years before making the commitment to
buy property themselves.
Over the 10 years from 1996 to 2006,
the number of migrants offically entering
the country increased from just over
300,000 to just under 600,000.
The Government actuaries department
projection is for total net migration of
103,000 people per year until 2021.
Student numbers have increased
rapidly in the UK over the last
decade, in line with the Government's
stated aim of getting more school leavers
into higher education � its target is to get
50% into tertiary learning.
Between 1999 and 2005 there was an
increase of around 12% in the number
of applicants for university places, and
that's before you take into account other
higher education establishments.
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006*
Migrants
Migration into the UK
Source: ONS
2.5
2.4
2.3
2.2
2.1
2.0
1.9
1.8
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Students(inmillions)
Students in higher education (millions)
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency
THE TRADITIONAL MODEL OF A MARRIED COUPLE
LIVING IN A THREE-BED SEMI WITH 2.4 KIDS HAS
CHANGED DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST DECADE
*Latest figures available

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